The Ritz in London Launches Royal Wedding Promotion

To celebrate the Royal wedding between His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton next month, The Ritz in London has unveiled a long weekend of grand celebrations.

The Monarchy & Matrimony accommodation programme is available alongside a weekend of Ritz en fête, with patriot decorations taking centre stage in the hotel, exclusive commemorative gifts for guests and a Royal Wedding Brunch in the Ritz Restaurant.

With an enviable location only moments away from Buckingham Palace and Clarence House, The Ritz is a premier destination to immerse yourself in the excitement and splendour of a regal affair and a nation in celebration.

 Afternoon Tea at The Ritz

The quintessentially British institution of ‘Afternoon Tea at The Ritz’ is a must for those visiting the capital. Once within the surrounds of the lavish Palm Court, enjoy pastries, scones and finger sandwiches amongst swathes of pastel hues and 24 carat gold leaf whilst watching screens streaming live coverage of the wedding throughout the day.

Priced from GBP 50 per person, Afternoon Tea will also include a commemorative souvenir menu and an exclusive limited edition chocolate heart bearing the initials of the Royal couple.

Royal Wedding Brunch at The Ritz Restaurant

Recently awarded the prestigious accolade of 3 Rosettes by the AA for Culinary Excellence, The Ritz Restaurant will host an extravagant Royal Wedding Brunch between 10:30am and 3:30pm.

Themed food stations will offer a wide selection of hot and cold dishes whilst an outdoor grill on the terrace will be at the ready, taking advantage of the spring sunshine. Screens streaming live coverage of the wedding will be displayed throughout the room.

Priced from GBP 150 per person, the Royal Wedding Brunch includes a glass of Champagne to toast the happy couple, a commemorative souvenir menu, and an exclusive limited edition decorative keepsake embroidered with the initials of the Royal couple and their wedding date.

Staying at The Ritz

Priced from GBP 1,460 (excluding VAT), the Monarchy & Matrimony programme is available exclusively to guests who check in on Thursday, 28 or Friday, 29 April 2011 and includes:

· Two nights’ accommodation in a Louis XVI inspired room
· Flowers, fresh fruit and a bottle of Champagne in-room on arrival
· Royal Wedding Brunch in The Ritz Restaurant, with live coverage of the Royal wedding playing throughout
· A unique and exclusive limited edition commemorative gift
· English breakfast each morning

The Ritz

To celebrate the Royal Wedding at The Ritz is to celebrate the occasion in the surrounds of your very own palace, cosseted within sumptuous Louis XVI inspired interiors that have been the home away from home for British and international Royalty since the hotel’s opening in 1906. Within the gilt-edged walls of this grand London landmark His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor dined and danced in The Palm Court, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 80th birthday and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales awarded the hotel the honour of a Royal Warrant.

The site now occupied by The Ritz, at 150 Piccadilly, has previously been home to several similar businesses. The Old White Horse Cellar was once one of the most famous coaching inns in England, later the site was occupied by the Bath Hotel and then the Walsingham House Hotel, which was demolished to make way for The Ritz.

Construction of The Ritz began in 1905 and the building was completed remarkably quickly, in large part due to the efforts of Swedish engineer Sven Bylander who designed its steel frame, something of a rarity in European buildings at the time.

The actual design of the hotel is the work of architects Charles Mewès and Arthur Davis. Mewès, a Frenchman and London born Davis had worked with César Ritz before on the Hotel Ritz in Paris, and The Carlton in London. For The Ritz London they drew up a French chateau-style masterpiece with a wealth of clever details; light wells allowed rooms with no outside windows natural light, projecting dormer windows and tall chimneys broke the skyline. Some of the details are less functional; the copper lions on the corner of the roof for example are purely decorative.

Inside, the French theme continues; Mewès designed the interiors with a single Louis XVI theme incorporating all of César Ritz's many requirements like double glazing, a sophisticated (for the time) ventilation system and even a bathroom for every guestroom.

Leading off the lobby is the Long Gallery, a vaulted space that runs almost the whole length of the building. The absence of walls or doors means it's possible to see down its whole length, through The Restaurant and out over the hotel's Italian Gardens and across Green Park.

Off the Long Gallery are many of the hotel's key rooms, all with their own fascinating histories: The Restaurant, often described as one of the most beautiful dining rooms in Europe features so many chandeliers the ceiling had to be specially reinforced to cope with their weight.

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